Microsoft announced revenue of $22.96 billion for the fiscal year 2000 that ended June 30, a 16 percent increase over the $19.75 billion reported last year. Net income totaled $9.42 billion, and diluted earnings per share were $1.70, a 20 percent increase over fiscal 1999's $1.42.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 19, 2000
Microsoft has released a patch to eliminate a security vulnerability in Outlook and Outlook Express. Under certain conditions, the vulnerability could allow a hacker to cause code of his choice to execute on another user's computer.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 19, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- July 18, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- July 18, 2000
July 18, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- July 18, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- July 18, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- July 18, 2000
Compaq is the first OEM to be certified by Microsoft to offer customers the Windows Datacenter Program. This initiative is a concerted effort by Microsoft to guarantee maximum systems performance from planning and design to deployment, management and support of the Windows 2000 Datacenter Server at a cost-effective rate.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 18, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- July 18, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- July 18, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- July 18, 2000
Microsoft will maintain its stronghold on the client operating environment (COE) market for the foreseeable future, says a new report from industry analysts IDC.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 17, 2000
The vendors always make it sound so easy. You have back-end systems and data here, you have customers, suppliers and partners there, you drop some e-business software and middleware in between, and everyone is happy.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 17, 2000
Reports on the Web indicate that Microsoft is close to releasing Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000. SP1 could be released to manufacturing as early as Monday.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 14, 2000
Esker S.A., a French software company, has reached an agreement to acquire V-Systems Inc. (VSI). As part of the transaction, Esker will issue approximately 447,000 new shares of Esker stock to VSI shareholders in exchange for 100 percent of VSI's outstanding shares.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 14, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- July 12, 2000
July 12, 2000
- By Scott Bekker
- July 12, 2000
Compaq and Integra, a European Internet site operator and provider of e-commerce solutions, announced plans for a strategic collaboration to deliver an e-commerce infrastructure at Integra's Technical Centres in several European cities.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 12, 2000
Microsoft released a new, optimized version of Windows 2000 specifically designed for Intel’s 64-bit Itanium processor. This is not the first developer’s release of 64-bit Windows 2000, but it will more closely resemble the final version when it is released.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 12, 2000
Microsoft this week began the long process of romancing developers with the promises of its fledgling .NET platform at Fusion 2000 in Orlando.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 12, 2000